Sassafras Roots
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| Sassafras Roots | |
| Written by: | Billie Joe Armstrong |
| Song length: | 2:37 |
| Album: | Dookie |
| Chronology | |
| Previous song: | "She" |
| Next song: | "When I Come Around" |
"Sassafras Roots" is the ninth song on Dookie. It comes after "She" and before "When I Come Around". The name of the song is derived from Sassafras, which is a plant and the main ingrediënt in traditional root beer. The name was chosen by Mike Dirnt.
Song meaning[edit | edit source]
This song is about wanting to hang around a bit and chill with someone ("So why are you alone wasting your time / When you could be with me wasting your time"). Since both characters were wasting time, they figured to do it together.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Sassafras Roots/lyrics
| Tracks | "Burnout" · "Having a Blast" · "Chump" · "Longview" · "Welcome to Paradise" · "Pulling Teeth" · "Basket Case" · "She" · "Sassafras Roots" · "When I Come Around" · "Coming Clean" · "Emenius Sleepus" · "In the End" · "F.O.D." (followed by the hidden track "All by Myself") |
| B-sides | "On the Wagon" · "Tired of Waiting for You" (The Kinks cover) · "409 in Your Coffeemaker" (Unmixed) |
